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Lesson Overview
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Lesson 1: Human Performance

Human performance research involves the analysis of human vision, hearing, touch, attention, motor control, and human perceptual and cognitive processes.
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Lesson 2: Technology Interface Design

Technology interface design impacts human performance. For this reason, human-centered design of technology is another study within Human Factors.
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Lesson 3: Human-Computer Interaction

This interaction involves the processes, dialogues,and actions that a user employs to interact with a computer, in any given environment.

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